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Sunday 10th November
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St. James' Park
Saturday 2nd November
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The Never-Ending Tour

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Forest (a) SOLD OUT
West Ham (h) Member sale now
Palace (a)
ST sale now, 13pts
Liverpool (h) Ballot winners claim seats now
Brentford (a) ST sale now, 59pts

2024/25:
Bees date set

Newcastle's Carabao Cup quarter-final tie against Brentford will be played on Wednesday December 18th at SJP, with a 7.45pm kick-off.

Ticket sale details are awaited.

Th
e tie comes between Saturday PL games against Leicester City at home and Ipswich Town away.

As was the case against AFC Wimbledon and Chelsea earlier this season, the tie wasn't chosen for live TV transmission, meaning that it will be on Sky Sports+.

Full draw:

Wed 18.12.2024:
Arsenal v Crystal Palace (7.30pm)
Newcastle v Brentford (7.45pm)
Southampton v Liverpool (8pm) Sky

Thu 19.12.2024:
Spurs v Manchester United (8pm) Sky

The winners of that tie
face a two-legged semi-final in the weeks commencing January 6th and February 3rd.

The Magpies will be without Sean Longstaff against the Bees; the midfielder serves a one game ban following cautions against AFC Wimbledon and Chelsea earlier in the competition. 

U21s:
Second string
penalty success


Tamworth  1  Newcastle U21s  1
(Newcastle win 6-5 on penalties)

Match action

Match report

Giveaway:
Scarf competition

Newly available from Tyneside-based Football Bobbles is this fine scarf inspired by the 1995/96 change kit. 

Ferdinand scarves are available online here now and we have one up for grabs for our latest giveaway.

To be in with a chance of winning, email your answer to this question to [email protected] subject Scarf:

Clad in the 2018/19 version of the maroon and blue change kit, this midfielder made 19 senior appearances for Newcastle without scoring. Name him. 

Closing date Noon, Monday November 11th. No age limit, open to anyone on the planet but delivery must be to a UK address. One entry per person.

Ex-Mags:
The Wright stuff

Former Newcastle United head physio Derek Wright launches his autobiography with a talk-in at Tyneside Irish Centre on Friday week, 15th November

A player at Arsenal alongside a certain Supermac, Derek later became his physio at Fulham before what would become a 38 year stay at Gallowgate began when Jack Charlton recruited him. 

Tickets for the event are on sale now here for £22, including a signed hardback copy of Derek's book.

If you can't make the launch, books are available via the ever-increasing number of Back Page outlets locally.  

Loan lads:
Temps

Magpie loan watch:

Harrison Ashby
(QPR)
The defender was missing with a muscle injury for QPR's 1-4 home defeat to Middlesbrough in the Championship on Tuesday evening. Amongst those on target for the visitors was former Magpie Dan Barlaser.

Jamie Miley
(Newport County)
Fit-again Jamie occupied a central midfield berth at home to Peterborough United in the FA Cup on Saturday, playing the entirety of a 2-4 defeat.

The Exiles face Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park in League Two on Saturday.

Max Thompson
(Chesterfield)
Goalkeeper Max started for the Spireites as they eased past Horsham in the FA Cup on Saturday, winning 3-1 at home against the non-league side.

This coming Saturday sees Chesterfield host Accrington Stanley in League Two.

Joe White
(MK Dons)
The midfielder remained on the bench in Sunday's 0-2 FA Cup First Round home loss to AFC Wimbledon.

Next up is a home meeting with Swindon Town in League Two on Saturday.

Jamal Lewis
(Sao Paulo)
Bahia (a) Serie A, Wednesday.

Miodrag Pivas (Willem II)
AZ Alkmaar (a) Eredivisie, Sunday.

Premier League:
Nottingham Forest (a)

Following a Carabao Cup penalty shootout success in August and a Premier League victory in February, Newcastle make their third visit of 2024 to the City Ground on Sunday. 

It's a 2pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports and all 2,950 tickets allocated to Newcastle were sold. The away ticket transfer scheme will operate. Details here

Neighbours Notts County have opened a fanzone for away fans going to the City Ground, opening at 10am and limited to the first 1,000 away ticket holders. The Nest is on Iremonger Road to the west of Meadow Lane.

Team: Kieran Trippier, Sven Botman, Jamaal Lascelles and Callum Wilson remain out while the status of Matt Targett isn't known. 
Jacob Murphy is doubtful.

Newcastle now have no fewer than three players one booking away from an automatic one game suspension: Dan Burn, Joelinton and Fabian Schar.

NFFC: Nuno Espirito Santo's side have won each of their last three PL games, despite the manager serving a three game touchline ban. 

Former Magpie Chris Wood was on target in each of them and has eight PL goals to his name so far.

Fellow SJP old boys Elliot Anderson and Matz Sels have also been involved in that trio of victories - the former still to score a goal in the PL during his career. 

UK TV: Live on Sky Sports

The game will be shown live at WonderBar in The Gate, which is open from 10am.

City centre bars with live TV coverage include:

Frate in the Bigg Market
The Dog & Parrot on Clayton Street West
The Prince on Pudding Chare


Overseas TV:
 
Arena Premium 2 HD (Serbia)
Arena Sport 1 HD (Bosnia/Serbia)
Arena Sport 5 HD (Croatia)
Astro Go (Malaysia)
beIN Connect MENA/Turkey
Canal+ Live 2 HD/my CANAL (France)
Canal+ Sport 4 HD (Cz/Svk)
DAZN 6 Portugal HD
DAZN Spain
Disney+ Brazil/Caribbean/Chile/Sur
Disney+ Hotstar (India)
DStv Now
eltaott.tv (Taiwan)
ESPN Argentina/Chile/Colombia
FuboTV Canada
Go3 Extra Sports (Est/Lit/Lat)
Idman TV (Turkey)
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iQiyi (China)
JioTV (India)
MAXtv To Go (Croatia)
Migu (China)
Moja TV (Bosnia)
Nova Sports 4 HD (Greece)
Now E (Hong Kong)
ON Plus (Vietnam)
Optus Sport (Australia)
Peacock (USA)
QQ Sports Live (China)
Setanta Sports 2 (Armenia/Kazakhstan)
Showmax (South Africa)
Síminn Sport 3 HD (Iceland)
Sky Sport 5 Germany HD/Go/WOW
Skylink (Czech)
Spíler 1 TV Hungary HD
StarHub TV+ (Singapore)
Sunrise TV (Switzerland)
SuperSport MaXimo 1 (South Africa)
SuperSport Action Africa
SuperSport Variety 3 (South Africa)
TOD (Turkey)
True ID (Thailand)
TSN7/GO TV Anywhere (Malta)
TV2 Play Premium (Hungary)
U-NEXT (Japan) 
ViaPlay Den/Fin/Ned/Nor/Pol
Vidio (Indonesia)
ZhiBo8 (China)

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Referee:
Anthony Taylor - first Toon posting of the season for the Cheshire whistler, who brandished no less than 14 yellow cards during Bournmouth v Chelsea in September.

Our four sightings of him last season were all away from home; the 2-2 draw at Wolves, 2-4 loss at Liverpool, 3-2 win at Forest a 4-1 success at Burnley.

VAR:
Tim Robinson

Metro: No metros will run between North Shields and South Gosforth on Saturday or Sunday. Replacement bus service number 900 will run between Regent Centre and North Shields calling at or near all affected stations.

Rail:
Engineering works mean that buses replace trains between Leicester and Bedford on the Midland Main Line. Fans travelling to and from London may be better of using Kings Cross and going via Grantham.

Details of scheduled disruptions are online here

Latest
PL fixtures:  

Sat 09.11.2024:
Brentford v Bournemouth (3pm)
Crystal Palace v Fulham (3pm)
West Ham v Everton (3pm)
Wolves v Southampton (3pm)
Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City (5.30pm) Sky
Liverpool v Aston Villa (8pm) TNT

Sun 10.11.2024:
Manchester United v Leicester City (2pm)
Nottingham Forest v Newcastle (2pm) Sky
Spurs v Ipswich Town (2pm)
Chelsea v Arsenal (4.30pm) Sky

Stats:

Newcastle @ City Ground - PL era:

2024/25 drew 1-1 Willock (won 4-3 on pens)
2023/24
won 3-2 Guimaraes 2, Schar
2022/23 won 2-1 Isak 2
2018/19 lost 1-3 Rondon (LC)
2016/17 lost 1-2 Ritchie (Ch)
2011/12 won 4-3 Lovenkrands 2, Colo, Simpson (LC)
2009/10 lost 0-1 (Ch)
2002/03 lost 1-3 Viana (FR)
1998/99 won 2-1 Shearer, Hamann
1996/97 drew 0-0
1995/96 lost 5-6 Ferdinand 2, Guinan, Barton, KK (FR)
1995/96 drew 1-1 Beardsley
1994/95 drew 0-0

Charity fundraiser:
Highway star

As preparations for his USA trek next year continue, charity runner extraordinaire Mark Allison aka Run Geordie Run has launched a brand-new T-shirt to augment his latest fundraising challenge. 

They are available in sizes S, M, L, XL and XXL and cost £25 each if ordered by Tuesday November 12th (the price then increases to £30). Order online here

Mark's next endeavour takes him across the USA in the opposite direction to his 2011 run, this time beginning at Coney Island on May 1st 2025 and aiming to reach Huntington Beach on August 8th - a 3,200 mile route. 

Internationals:
Mystery Man 
a Mag at last !

28 years since his one-off outing in a Newcastle shirt, former Nottingham Forest player Steve Guinan has linked up with the club again; albeit only briefly.

Then 20, the striker unexpectedly came up against Forest when the Magpies provided the opposition for Stuart Pearce's testimonial match at the City Ground.

Initially named in the home squad, Guinan swapped dressing rooms when a visiting player pulled up in the warm-up and after coming on in the second half, netted for Newcastle in a 5-6 defeat.

In pre-internet days and with no PA announcement as to his identity, those Toon supporters present resorted to serenading him with chants of "mystery man." 

These days Guinan works as an FA coach and was on Tyneside recently, visiting Newcastle's Academy while studying for his UEFA Pro Licence qualification.

Taking to social media afterwards to praise the club's Little Benton set-up, he thanked U16 Lead Coach Jack Brazil in particular. Brazil's dad Gary is the former Magpie forward - now a colleague of Guinan at the FA.

Internationals:
Call-ups

Upcoming national service for current Magpies:

Alexander Isak, Emil Krafth (Sweden):
Sat 16.11.2024 Slovakia (h) Stockholm NL
Tue 19.11.2024 Azerbaijan (h) Stockholm NL

Jamal Lewis (Northern Ireland):

Fri 15.11.2024 Belarus (h) Belfast NL
Mon 18.11.2024 Luxembourg (a) Luxembourg NL

More to follow...

Internationals:
Cards fall for
young Magpie

With Newcastle midfielder Rory Finneran in the side, Ireland U17s dramatically reached the Elite Phase of the European Championship qualifiers on Monday.

The 16 year-old started two of Ireland's three games at the tournament, unused for a 2-2 draw with Lithuania, playing 73 minutes of a 1-3 loss to hosts Northern Ireland and 76 minutes of a 3-0 win over Scotland.

Victory in that latter game looked meaningless for Ireland, who went into time added on 2-0 ahead but with Lithuania in the second qualification spot as they led group leaders Northern Ireland 2-0. 

A third Ireland goal though coupled with news that Lithuania had conceded left Ireland with an identical group record to them - claiming second place thanks to a better disciplinary record (less yellow cards).

Finneran and his team mates will now feature in the Elite Phase early next year, when they attempt to land a place at the European Championship Finals in Albania during summer 2025.

2024/25:
Mags take the 
Mikel again!


Newcastle  1  Arsenal  0

Match report

2024/25:
Carabao Cup of cheer

Newcastle  2  Chelsea  0 

Match report

Match action

Announcement:
Ticketing windows etc.

From NUFC, Friday:

Following consultation with the Newcastle United Supporters' Trust, Newcastle United has made adjustments to ticket sales and the ballot system timelines for both home and away fixtures, ensuring consistency and minimising scheduling conflicts.

All ticket sales will now take place during regular Box Office opening hours (Monday to Friday 10.00am - 5.00pm) to provide support for those who may have difficulty purchasing online.

On average nearly 95% of ballot applications are done within the first 24 hours of the ballot being open.

As part of this change, the ballot opening time will be shortened from 48 hours to 24 hours to make this possible, while the purchasing window will remain at 48 hours.

Newcastle United home fixtures

For Premier League home fixtures the below schedule will be in place in the build up:

Monday 12pm - Members ballot opens

Tuesday 12pm - Members ballot closes (reduced from current 48 hours period to 24 hour window)

Wednesday 10am - Members ballot results to be sent out via email

Wednesday 12pm - Members seat selection window opens

Friday 12pm - Members ballot seat selection window closes

Friday 4pm - Ticket resale opens (2024-25 Season ticket holders eligible to put their ticket up for resale)

Monday 10am - Members general sale

All ballot opening and closing times will be at midday and then general sales will be at 10am to avoid conflicts and also to avoid clashes with away tickets at 2pm.

Newcastle United away fixtures

All away fixtures will go on sale at 2pm approximately four weeks prior to each fixture subject to confirmation of fixture date and time as well as information provided from the home club. Once on sale points will drop every 24 hours dependant on availability.

Once the fixture has sold out via the loyalty points system the away ticket ballot will open for 24 hours for those supporters with less loyalty points than the fixture sold out.


2024/25:
Crystal Palace (a) 
rail disruption

 
Rail engineering work means that London Kings Cross station will be closed on Saturday November 30th - the day that Newcastle face Crystal Palace in the Premier League at Selhurst Park.

A reduced LNER service from Newcastle will operate to and from St. Neots on both Saturday and Sunday, with a replacement bus to Bedford providing connections to London-bound trains. Details online here

 







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Tickets/Fixtures
Season 2024/25


NUFC ticketing website online here

NUFC Box Office: 0344 372 1892

Future STs:
No additional sale, none planned, no waiting list in operation.

2024/25 ST prices online
here

2024/25 Member info online here

2024/25 Member changes online here

SJP seating plan online here  
(to read this, right click to save and zoom)

ST cup scheme pricing: 

CC: £20 & £25 adults / £10 & £15 others FA: £30 & £35 adults / £15 & £20 others

ST holders on long-term deals had a price freeze for 2024/25 with standard pricing returning for 2025/26.  

Away tickets:
The PL-wide £30 away ticket price cap for adults applies in 2024/25. A review is then scheduled.

Away ticket transfer info online here
(Transfers open 72 hours before kickoff, close five hours before kickoff).

Away ticket
FAQ is online
here

Sat 09.11.2024 U18s v mackems (h) @ Little Benton, 11am. U18 Premier League.

Sun 10.11.2024 Nottingham Forest (a) @ City Ground, 2pm. Premier League. SOLD OUT. Allocation: 2,950 tbc. Live on Sky Sports.

Wed 20.11.2024 U21s v Alnwick Town (h) @ Whitley Park, 7.30pm. Northumberland Senior Cup Second Round.

Sat 23.11.2024 U18s v Stoke City (a) @ Clayton Wood, 11am. U18 Premier League Cup. 


Mon 25.11.2024 West Ham (h)
@ SJP, 8pm. Premier League.
ST forward/resale now. Member general sale now. Live on Sky Sports.

Tue 26.11.2024 U17s v mackems (h) @ Whitley Park, 7pm. U17 Premier League Cup.

Fri 29.11.2024 U21s v Crystal Palace (h)
@ Whitley Park, 7pm. PL2.


Sat 30.11.2024 U18s v Manchester City (a) @ City Academy, 12.30pm. U18 Premier League. 

Sat 30.11.2024 Crystal Palace (a)
@ Selhurst Park, 3pm. Premier League. ST holder sale now, 13 points. £30 adults, £22 seniors/18-21s, £18 U18s. Allocation: tbc. No live UK TV.

Tue 03.12.2024 U21s v Boston United (a) @ Jakemans Stadium, 7.30pm. National League Cup.

Wed 04.12.2024 Liverpool (h) @ SJP, 8pm. Premier League.
Ballot winners seat selection by Fri 08.11.2024, Noon. ST forwarding/ resale from Fri 08.11.2024, 4pm. Member sale, Mon 11.11.2024, 10am. Live on Amazon Prime.

Sat 07.12.2024 Brentford (a) @ Gtech Community Stadium, 3pm. Premier League. ST holder sale now,59 points. £30 adults, £25 seniors/ 18-24s, £15 U18s. Allocation: tbc. No live UK TV.

Sat 14.12.2024 Leicester City (h) @ SJP, 3pm. Premier League. Member Ballot open: Mon 11.11.2024, Noon. Member Ballot close: Tue 12.11.2024, Noon. Member Ballot run: applicants notified by Wed 13.11.2024, 11am. Ballot winners seat selection open Wed 13.11.2024, Noon, close Fri 15.11.2024, Noon. ST forwarding/ resale from Fri 15.11.2024, 4pm. Member Sale Mon 18.11.2024, 10am. No live UK TV.

Wed18.12.2024 Brentford (h) @ SJP, KO tbc. Carabao Cup quarter-final. ticket sale details awaited. live UK TV tbc.

NUFC live on TV:
Sun 10.11.2024 Notts Forest (a) 2pm Sky
Mon 25.11.2024 West Ham (h) 8pm Sky
Wed 04.12.2024 Liverpool (h) 7.30pm Prime
Wed 18.12.2024 Brentford (h) 7.45pm Sky
Thu 26.12.2024 Aston Villa (h) 3pm Prime
Mon 30.12.2024 Man United (a) 8pm Sky
Sat 04.01.2025 Spurs (a) 12.30pm TNT
Wed 15.01.2025 Wolves (h) 7.30pm TNT
Sat 18.01.2025 Bmouth (h) 12.30pm TNT

(PL Selections made to Sun 26.01.2025)

(PL season ends on Sun 25.05.2025)

Live TV release dates:

Feb: Between 14.11.2024 & 09.12.2024
Mar: Between 02.01.2025 & 24.01.2025
Apr: Between 27.01.2025 & 28.02.2025
MW35: Between 17.03.2025 & 21.03.2025
MW36: Between 24.03.2025 & 28.03.2025
MW37: Between 31.03.2025 & 04.04.2025
MW38: Following MW37

Carabao Cup Round dates:

QF:
w/c Mon 16.12.2024
SF1: w/c Mon 06.01.2025
SF2: w/c Mon 03.02.2025
F: Sun 16.03.2025

FA Cup Round dates
:
(NUFC enter in Round 3: draw takes place on or around Mon 02.12.2024).

R3: Sat 11.01.2025
R4: Sat 08.02.2025
R5: Sat 01.03.2025
QF: Sat 29.03.2025
SF: Sat 26.04.2025
F: Sat 17.05.2025

Replays are abolished in Proper rounds.

U17 Premier League Cup - Group E:
Tue 24.09.2024 Boro (a) drew 3-3
Tue 01.10.2024 Leeds United won 4-3
Tue 26.11.2024 mackems (h) 7pm

U18 Premier League Cup - Group F:
Tue 27.08.2024 Millwall (h) drew 1-1
Sat 05.10.2024 Chelsea (a) lost 1-4
Sat 23.11.2024 Stoke City (a) 11am

National League Cup - Group C:
Tue 01.10.2024 Halifax (a) won 2-1
Tue 05.11.2024 Tamworth (a) won on pens
Tue 03.12.2024 Boston U (a) 7.30pm
Tue 21.01.2025 Gateshead (a) 7.45pm

Northumberland Senior Cup:  

Second Round draw:
12.11.2024 Blyth Town v Heaton Stan
19.11.2024 Ashington v Newcastle Blue Star
20.11.2024 Newcastle United U21s v Alnwick
28.11.2024 Newcastle University v Morpeth

(Ties to be played by Fri 29.11.2024)

Other events @ SJP:

NUWFC games:


Sun 17.11.2024 Southampton Women (h) @ SJP, 2pm. Women's Championship.
Tickets on public sale now.

Sun 23.03.2025 mackem Women 
(h)
@ SJP, 2pm. Women's Championship

NUFCW fixture list is online here

Euro 2028 - date(s) awaited

2024/25 Transfer windows :

Wed 01.01.2025
window opens
Mon 03.02.2025 window closes
 
 

International Magpies
National Service

2024/25:
International breaks:

11-19.11.2024
17-25.03.2025

 
Coxy's Corner

Whoops, He did it Again...


What's this all about then?
Click here  
for a rambling explanation of sorts....
 

On This Day in History
6th November


Born Or Died:

1958 Kevin Carr born, Morpeth.
(1976-85) 

Goalkeeper who joined United following a brief spell at Burnley, making a first team debut in a 1-0 away win at QPR in December 1977 shortly after the arrival of new manager Bill McGarry. 

Taken out of the firing line the following month, Kevin returned to play in the final games after Newcastle's demotion from the top flight fate had been sealed. 

Sporadic appearances over the next two seasons led to Carr becoming a regular starter under Arthur Cox - but he missed the opening part of the 1982/83 campaign after cutting both arms on a glass door in his hotel on a pre-season trip to Madeira.

Contesting the number 1 shirt with Martin Thomas following his arrival in 1983, the 1983/84 promotion season also got off to a bad start for Kevin, when he broke his arm at Leeds on the opening day.
 
Regained his place for the second half of that season, Carr was between the posts under Jack Charlton for United's top-flight return in August 1984.

However his final first team game for the club proved to a 0-4 loss at Everton in January 1985, after which Thomas took custody of the gloves.

Carr remained at Gallowgate until the start of the 1985/86 season, when he departed for Carlisle United on a free transfer. 

Spending time on loan at Darlington during 1986, Kevin joined Hartlepool United in the 1987/88 season after a non-contract spell at the smoggies saw him fail to play a first team game at Ayresome Park.

Joining Northumbria Police, Carr continued his playing career on a part-time basis with  Blyth Spartans and Bedlington Terriers, also representing the England Police XI and the Newcastle Masters indoor football side.

Assigned match duty on occasions during his early years on the beat, Carr found himself in the unusual position of trying to prevent a pitch invasion at Gallowgate following the 1990 playoff defeat by the mackems.

In later years he moved to a plain clothes role with the force and joined their "cold case" team. 

1974 Carlos Daniel Cordone born Buenos Aires, Argentina. (2000-01).

Striker signed from Racing Club in Argentina  for a season-long loan at a cost of £500K, after catching the eye of Magpies coach Mick Wadsworth during a South American scouting mission that also saw Christian Bassedas become a Magpie.

Linking up with his new colleagues on our pre-season tour of the USA in July 2000, "The Wolfman" netted on his debut, as we were beaten 1-3 by DC United. 

Drawing a blank in an opening day loss at Old Trafford, the former Velez Sarsfield player marked his home debut with a goal against Derby County - netting again at SJP in a 2-0 win over Spurs three days later.

That followed an FA-decreed operation to remove his soldered-in earrings, but he faded badly after that and his flowing locks were seen less and less as the season progressed, just one more goal coming his way - in the League Cup.

Cordone's final league outing was the 1-1 "Andy O'Brien" game at the mackems, before he bowed out with two goals in a testimonial game away to West Bromwich Albion in early May 2001.

Returning to Racing, he later played for San Lorenzo, Argentino de Merlo and  Independiente Rivadavia in his homeland.

That wasn't quite the end of the story however, English papers picking up on lurid tales of positive drugs tests and one of possession of a firearm whilst travelling to watch his favourite team, Alem.

After serving a twelve month ban, Cordone then played for lower league Argentinean sides Tristan Suarez and Alem - taking over as coach of the latter in November 2012.

November 2014 then found Daniel playing for Argentina in bizarre circumstances, filling in for Claudio Cannigia in an old boys game against Brazil in Natal.

Rather than replacing the 50 cap star though, Cordone was actually there at the behest of the match promoter in an attempt to impersonate the absent Cannigia and fool fans who had bought tickets. 

The player distanced himself from the issue, claiming that he'd told people who he really was when approached - and refused to sign autographs as Cannigia.

PS: Cordone's date of birth is widely - but wrongly - recorded as January 6th 1974.

2002 Elliot Anderson born North Shields, 
(2018-24)

The grandson of former Magpie Geoff Allen, midfielder Elliot made his U18 bow aged 15 at Derby County in September 2018.

Ending that season with three goals to his name, he was then promoted into Newcastle's U23 squad along with fellow Academy prospect Joe White. 

The duo were blooded from the bench during the EFL Trophy tie at Macclesfield Town in September 2019 - Elliot debuting for the U23s against Swansea City at SJP later that same month.

Promoted to the senior squad for several training sessions in the opening weeks of the 2020/21 season, confirmation of a new long-term contract arrived to coincide with his turning 18.

Elliot's senior debut came from the bench at Arsenal in the FA Cup during January 2021, emulating that at the same venue in the Premier League soon after.

The 2021/22 season saw Anderson make a half-season switch to Bristol Rovers that ended with seven goals in 21games and the Pirates promoted from League Two.

Thoughts of a further loan ended after playing prominently in pre-season for Newcastle and he became a regular in the squad - denied his first top-flight goal by an incorrect offside decision away to Nottingham Forest in March 2023.

The following campaign began strongly with four pre-season goals and regular senior involvement, before a back injury sidelined Elliot for a four month period.

Sadly a substitute outing at Brentford on the final day of the season would be Anderson's final sighting in a Newcastle shirt - save for the ludicrous post-season win over Spurs in Australia hours later.  

Profit & Sustainability Rules saw Elliot sold to Nottingham Forest at the end of June 2024 for around £35m as the club needed funds to avoid losses that would have seen a points deduction.

Internationally, he featured for Scotland U16s, U17s and U18s before playing for England U19s in a friendly during 2021.

Appearing for Scotland U21s in 2022, a call-up to their seniors during 2023 then saw Anderson leave the training camp without playing.

Questions over his allegiance finally subsided when Elliot debuted for England U21s against Northern Ireland during September 2024. 

Lge FAC LC Eur Tot
A S G A S G A S G A S G Ap Su Gl
13 31   1 3   2 3     2   16 39

 

What Else?

1897 Grimsby Town (a) 
0-2 
(0-2)
Division Two
P9, 13pts, 4th/16 
Fletcher(13), McCairns(
0-2
4,000
Newcastle's fifth and final visit to Town's former home of Abbey Park saw them fail again to record a maiden victory there.

Two goals behind before the interval, United's misery was complete when they missed a penalty kick late in the second half.

1909 Tottenham Hotspur (h) 
1-0 
(1-0)
Division One
P13, 17pts, 2nd/20 
Duncan(15) 
26,000
Scott Duncan's first goal of the season ensured that Newcastle prevailed in the first-ever top flight meeting of the clubs.

1920 Burnley (h) 
1-2 
(0-2)
Division One
P13, 18pts, 2nd/22 
Harris(67) 
Boyle(30), Kelly(37)
50,000
United's nine game winning run was halted by the Clarets, who would ultimately end the season as First Division champions.

Burnley's opener came after Bill McCracken conceded a penalty kick when fisting a corner into his own net and although Neil Harris brought United back into the game at 1-2, their almost constant attacking failed to provide an equaliser.

1926 West Bromwich Albion (h)
5-2 
(3-1)
Division One
P14, 18pts, 2nd/22 
McKay(1,42
,70), Gallacher(5,80) 
Glidden(15), Wilson(86
)
30,000 
Bob McKay made a memorable debut following his arrival from Rangers, grabbing one of eight home hat tricks scored by Newcastle players in this Championship-winning season.

Commenting on McKay's impact, the Athletic News correspondent prophetically wrote that, 

"....his arrival brought the desired balance in the Newcastle forward line and long-suppressed hopes of another League Championship coming to Tyneside are revived among the club's extensive following."


1937 Southampton (h) 
3-0 
(1-0)
Division Two
P14, 10pts, 19th/22 
J.R.Richardson(43), Park(47), Smith(60) 
30,000 
There was a debut for Ray Bowden following his arrival from Arsenal, having rejected an offer to join Middlesbrough.

All three Newcastle goals came from headers.

1943 Sunderland (a)
2-4
(1-2)
Wartime
Stubbins(
1-1,2-3)
Whitelum(3,2-4), Laidman(1-2,1-3)
16,000

1946 Norrkoping (Sweden) (h) 2-3 (1-3)
Friendly 

Milburn(30,70)
Persson(14), Nordahl(18) Holmqvist(42)
47,124
Beaten 0-5 in Sweden six months earlier, Newcastle improved for the return game on a Wednesday afternoon.

0-2 behind early on, United missed the opportunity to gain a foothold in the game when Tommy Pearson blazed his 25th minute penalty well wide of the target.

Despite Jackie Milburn's brace though, the visitors repeated the scoreline by which they'd beaten Charlton some days earlier. 

Following the final whistle, both teams made their way to a celebration dinner held at the Station Hotel.

Team: Garbutt, Cowell, Graham, Harvey, Brennan, Dodgin (Woodburn 46), Milburn, Bentley, Wayman, Shackleton, Pearson.

1948 Blackpool (a)
3-1 
(1-0)
Division One
P16, 22pts, 3rd/22 
Hair(5
), Stobbart(60), og(Crosland)(74)
Mortensen
(46pen) 
30,000
The Magpies took this game seriously, travelling to the Fylde coast some days before.

And matchday saw a Geordie invasion arrive to support them, with estimates of 10,000 away fans inside Bloomfield Road.

1948 As the first team were winning at Blackpool, the reserve side played out a goalless draw at St. James' Park against Huddersfield Town's second string.

United welcomed back George Lowrie after a cartilage problem that had sidelined him since August.

1954 Blackpool (a) 
0-2 
(0-0)
Division One
P16, 13pts, 16th/22 
og(Paterson 46), Perry(
0-2)
20,701
Goalkeeper John Thompson came in for Ronnie Simpson and kept the score down - although he powerless to prevent the unfortunate Bill Paterson from whacking an intended clearance past him.

1957 Gwardia (Poland) (h)
1-3 
(1-1)
Friendly 
Punton(36)
Hachorek(28), og(Batty)(49), Baszkiewicz (65)
17,883
An experimental" Magpies formation flopped badly in this Wednesday evening floodlit friendly fixture. 

Albert Franks and Bill Punton both failed to make a positive impression when taking turns at centre forward and defensive colleague Ron Batty didn't help by scoring a catastrophic own goal.

United donned a special shirt reported to be of "a white fluorescent material with a heavy black band across the middle and a neat black collar." 

That was paired with some baggy white shorts and the whole ensemble was described by an NUFC.com reader present at the game as "bloody awful"!

The Warsaw-based visitors had only been in existence for nine seasons, but were still referred to as a "crack" side by the SJP programme editor... 

The Poles' success on Tyneside followed a 2-1 victory at Preston North End and a 4-4 draw at Sheffield Wednesday.

Team: Simpson, Batty, Ferguson, Scoular, Stokoe, Franks, Hughes, Davies, Casey, Bell, Punton. 

1963 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (a) 
1-2 
(1-0)
League Cup 3rd Round
McGarry(25pen) 
Bolton(68), Bumstead(72)
11,735 
United's fourth season of League Cup participation saw them reach the Third Round for the first time - only to be beaten by the Cherries from Division Three in the first meeting of the two sides.

Joe Harvey gave debuts for full backs David Craig and Joe Butler, while Dave Turner made only a third appearance in three years.

1963 Newcastle captured Stan Anderson from neighbours Sunderland at a cost of £19,000.

1965 Blackpool (h) 
2-0 
(1-0)
Division One
P16, 14pts, 15th/22 
Robson(44
,83)
33,853 
24 hours after concluding a transfer from Workington there was a debut at centre forward for Kit Napier. 

As in his other seven United games though, Napier failed to score and joined Brighton in 1966 following the signing of Wyn Davies.

1971 Southampton (h)
3-1 
(0-0)
Division One
P16, 10pts, 20th/22 
Macdonald(48,55), Green(69)
O'Neil(89)
32,677
Following a midweek home win over Coventry City in the Texaco Cup that had ended a seven-game winless run, a reinvigorated United punished the Saints.

Recent signing Tony Green netted his first goal for the Magpies.

1974 Birmingham City (a)
4-1 
(2-0)
(5-2 on aggregate)
Texaco Cup Semi-Final 
Kennedy(10), Nattrass(21), og(Pendrey)(62),
Cannell(85)
Burns(67)

17,754
Beaten 0-3 at St.Andrews in the league less than a month earlier, a resurgent United were good value for the win The first leg on Tyneside finished 1-1. 

1976 Manchester City (a) 
0-0 
(0-0)
Division One
P13, 16pts, 5th/22 
40,049
This was a notable point against a City side who would be beaten just once at Maine Road in 21 league games that season.

1978 A Magpies XI including current and former players recovered from a 0-2 interval deficit to draw 2-2 with Durham City at their Ferens Park home.

Gary Nicholson scored both goals for the Magpies, for whom first team boss Bill McGarry (aged 51) and coaches Iam McFaul and Peter Morris played the first 45.

Also in the visiting side were SJP old boys Tony Green and Jimmy Smith.

The Monday night game was a fundraiser for the Northern League hosts, who had provided United with some youngsters for their recently-formed Northern Alliance League side.

1982 Burnley (h) 
3-0 
(1-0)
Division Two
P13, 18pts, 9th/22 
Waddle(17), Keegan(65),
Varadi(85)
20,961
The second goal came from a KK free kick inside the penalty area, while Chris Waddle's opener was a 35-yard thunderbolt into the top corner of the Leazes net.

1984 A Magpies XI were at Croft Park to participate in a testimonial
match for Blyth Spartans stalwart Tommy Dixon.

Goals from Alder, Mutrie and Buchanan saw the hosts run out 3-1 winners, with former Magpies Dave Clarke, Ron Guthrie, Alan Shoulder and Terry Johnson in the Blyth side.

A crowd of 2,500 were in attendance.

1991 Cambridge United (h)1-1 (0-0)
Division Two
P16, 15pts, 21st/24 
Hunt(90+4) 
Claridge(59)
13,077 
Late heroics from Andy Hunt salvaged a point in added time, when he met Kevin Scott's header from a Lee Clark corner and nodded into the Leazes goal.

Clark himself then almost hit an even later winner in this midweek game.

Victory for John Beck's side would have taken them top of the table, but aside from their goal when Steve Claridge finished off Dion Dublin's pass, their tactics were incredibly cynical and negative.
Youtube footage is online here

2002 Everton (h)
3-3
aet 2-2
(0-1)
(lost 2-3 on pens)
Worthington Cup
Dyer(77,78), og(Pistone)(100)
Campbell(11), Watson(85), Unsworth(112pen)
34,584
A promising young lad by the name of Rooney appeared for the visitors and dispatched his penalty past Steve Harper.

Unfortunately, first team debutant Michael Chopra put his spot kick over the bar - but at least had the bottle to take one - unlike one or two of his more illustrious colleagues.
NUFC.com match report

2003 FC Basel (Switzerland) (a)
3-2
(2-2) 
UEFA Cup 2nd Round
1st leg
Robert(13), Bramble(37), Ameobi(75)
Cantaluppi(11), Chipperfield(15)
30,000
Clad in their lucky silver away kit, United won a third consecutive away game in Europe for the first time in their history.

Chant of the night from the (well-oiled) away end: "you're not yodelling anymore"!
NUFC.com match report

2006 Some words of 'wisdom' from Chairman Freddy "street fighter" Shepherd following the disastrous home defeat by Sheffield United:

"I don't get upset by the protests - I love all the supporters because I'm one of them and don't have any problem with Geordies. If things were different I might be with them calling out about someone else.

"I've got to do what's best for the business, not me, and if a Geordie Abramovich knocked on the door we'd have to do business.

"I'd gladly do whatever to secure him but I don't want to lead supporters up a cul-de-sac because there's no-one there.

"I will not walk out on the business. I've made mistakes but so has everyone in football. I am from Byker and I used to fight my way into school and fight my way out again.

"The biggest criticism is I've been too kind to managers with funds and too generous to players but we have the weather and we are competing with Tottenham, Chelsea, Manchester United and we are 300 miles from London.

"We're on the verge of the Roman Empire, which is why they built the wall."

2007 Assisted by goalkeeping coach Adam Sadler, Terry McDermott took charge of our reserve side when they met their Everton counterparts at the Halton Stadium of the Widnes Vikings Rugby League side.

And after a scoreless first half, Newcastle took the lead just after the hour mark when Shola Ameobi netted from the penalty spot.

However, just when a first away league success of the season beckoned, Everton levelled in added time.
NUFC.com match report


2012
Quoted in French newspaper L'Equipe, Lille right back Mathieu Debuchy talked about his abortive move to SJP and how he didn't anticipate a mid-season switch:

"I fought to go to Newcastle, but the President didn't want it. I didn't want to end up in conflict. Yes I was disappointed - I hope that there will be other opportunities.

Asked if the deal could be revived in the January transfer window, Debuchy said:

"The moment has gone, I'm now 200% committed to Lille. I don't want to leave for the sake of it, I really wanted to go to Newcastle - next year it isn't certain that I'll go."

And, of course, Debuchy joined in January 2013 for around £5m....

2020 Southampton (a)
0-2
(0-1)
Premier League

Adams(7), Armstrong(82)
BCD
Following a victory and two draws, United's unbeaten away run for the season was ended at St. Mary's Stadium - but they only had themselves to blame after gifting the Saints two goals.
NUFC.com match report


2021 Brighton & Hove Albion (a)
1-1
(0-1)
Premier League
P11, 5pts, 19th/20
Hayden(66)
Trossard(24pen)
31,267
Manager-elect Eddie Howe was at the Amex Stadium with his former Bournemouth assistant Jason Tindall as Isaac Hayden salvaged a point for United.
NUFC.com match report


2022 Southampton (a)
4-1
(1-0)
Premier League

P14, 27pts, 3rd/20
Almiron(35), Wood(58),
Willock(
62), Guimaraes(90+1)
Perraud(88)
30,402
Eddie Howe celebrated the first anniversary of taking charge at SJP with his side third in the table, having arrived with them second bottom.

Twelve months to the day that they struggled to a point at Brighton with manager elect Howe in the stands, Newcastle made a triumphant return to the South Coast.

NUFC.com match report